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Back home, Jean pulled out her phone. She wanted to look up more information about Hector. Maybe it was because he looked so much like Carson–or maybe it was because she’d overheard him in the middle of a therapy session that day-

But her curiosity about Hector had only grown stronger.

There wasn’t much about him online.

Hector, only twenty–one years old, was already the president of Otis Group, holding power over countless businesses and a fortune that could rival a nation’s.

A life like that would be more than enough for most people. But this guy–he had to go off the rails. He spiraled into darkness later and went head–to–head with the main couple…

Jean locked her phone screen and stopped searching.

There wasn’t anything else to find anyway.

Over the next few days, Edgar sent her a few messages with updates on his mother’s condition and asked when the next treatment session would be.

Jean had no choice but to start thinking about the Fortifying Pill again.

That pill was essential. Without it, there was no way she could guarantee Kelly would survive the

treatment.

After weighing her options, she realized Samuel was still her best bet.

had been thrown off by Hector’s sudden appearance. She’d ended

she wanted to go see Samuel

was going to shake her resolve. Jean was a woman of action; once she made up her mind, she

and didn’t waste time–she went

door to Samuel’s office was shut tight. Not a sound

reached out and turned the

opened

nudged it open

standing tall in the middle of the

He’s seriously

calm face, but inside, she

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her thoughts, Hector instinctively furrowed his brow. His gaze

the doorknob, her body wedged between the door and the frame,

he was there–but she asked

turned his face away, refusing to look

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